| Old Testament Scriptures That Describe The Coming Messiah | ||
| The Messianic Prophecy (paraphrased) | Where the prophecy appears in the Old Testament (written between 1450 BC and 430BC) | Jesus’ fulfillment of the prophecy in the New Testament (written between 45 and 95 AD) |
| The Messiah will be the offspring (descendant) of the woman (Eve) | Genesis 3:15 | Galatians 4:4 |
| The Messiah will be a descendant of Abraham, through whom everyone on earth will be blessed | Genesis 12:3; 18:18 | Acts 3:25,26 |
| The Messiah will be a descendant of Judah | Genesis 49:10 | Matthew 1:2 and Luke 3:33 |
| The Messiah will be a prophet like Moses | Deuteronomy 18:15-19 | Acts 3:22,23 |
| The Messiah will be the Son of God | Psalm 2:7 | Matthew 3:17; Mark 1:11; Luke 3:22 |
| The Messiah will be raised from the dead (resurrected) | Psalm 16:10,11 | Matthew 28:5-9; Mark 16:6; Luke 24:4-7; John 20:11-16; Acts 1:3 and 2:32 |
| The Messiah crucifixion experience | Psalm 22 (contains 11 prophecies—not all listed here) | Matthew 27:34-50 and John 19:17-30 |
| The Messiah will be sneered at and mocked | Psalm 22:7 | Luke 23:11,35-39 |
| The Messiah will be pierced through hands and feet | Psalm 22:16 | Luke 23:33 and 24:36-39; John 19:18 and 20:19-20,24-27 |
| The Messiah’s bones will not be broken (a person’s legs were usually broken after being crucified to speed up their death) | Psalm 22:17 and 34:20 | John 19:31-33,36 |
| Men Will Gamble for the Messiah’s clothing | Psalm 22:18 | Matthew 27:35; Mark 15:24; Luke 23:34; John 19:23,24 |
| The Messiah will accused by false witnesses | Psalm 35:11 | Matthew 26:59,60 and Mark 14:56,57 |
| The Messiah will be hated without a cause | Psalm 35:19 and 69:4 | John 15:23-25 |
| The Messiah will be betrayed by a friend | Psalm 41:9 | John 13:18,21 |
| The Messiah will ascend to heaven (at the right hand of God) | Psalm 68:18 | Luke 24:51; Acts 1:9; 2:33-35; 3:20-21; 5:31,32; 7:55-56; Romans 8:34; Ephesians 1:20,21; Colossians 3:1; Hebrews 1:3; 8:1; 10:12; 12:2; 1 Pet 3:22 . . . sorry, we got carried away! |
| The Messiah will be given vinegar and gall to drink | Psalm 69:21 | Matthew 27:34; Mark 15:23; John 19:29,30 |
| Great kings will pay homage and tribute to the Messiah | Psalm 72:10,11 | Matthew 2:1-11 |
| The Messiah is a “stone the builders rejected” who will become the “head cornerstone” | Psalm 118:22,23 and Isaiah 28:16 | Matthew 21:42,43; Acts 4:11; Ephesians 2:20; 1 Peter 2:6-8 |
| The Messiah will be a descendant of David | Psalm 132:11 and Jeremiah 23:5,6; 33:15,16 | Luke 1:32,33 |
| The Messiah will be a born of a virgin | Isaiah 7:14 | Matthew 1:18-25 and Luke 1:26-35 |
| The Messiah’s first spiritual work will be in Galilee | Isaiah 9:1-7 | Matthew 4:12-16 |
| The Messiah will make the blind see, the deaf hear, etc. | Isaiah 35:5-6 | Many places. Also see Matthew 11:3-6 and John 11:47 |
| The Messiah will be beaten, mocked, and spat upon | Isaiah 50:6 | Matthew 26:67 and 27:26-31 |
| The “Gospel according to Isaiah” | Isaiah 52:13-53:12 | Matthew, Mark, Luke, John |
| People will hear and not believe the “arm of the LORD” (Messiah) | Isaiah 53:1 | John 12:37,38 |
| The Messiah will be rejected | Isaiah 53:3 | Matthew 27:20-25; Mark 15:8-14; Luke 23:18-23; John 19:14,15 |
| The Messiah will be killed | Isaiah 53:5-9 | Matthew 27:50; Mark 15:37-39; Luke 23:46; John 19:30 |
| The Messiah will be silent in front of his accusers | Isaiah 53:7 | Matthew 26:62,63 and 27:12-14 |
| The Messiah will be buried with the rich | Isaiah 53:9 | Matthew 27:59,60; Mark 15:46; Luke 23:52,53; John 19:38-42 |
| The Messiah will be crucified with criminals | Isaiah 53:12 | Matthew 27:38; Mark 15:27; Luke 23:32,33 |
| The Messiah is part of the new and everlasting covenant | Isaiah 55:3-4 and Jeremiah 31:31-34 | Matthew 26:28; Mark 14:24; Luke 22:20; Hebrews 8:6-13 |
| The Messiah will be our intercessor (intervene for us and plead on our behalf) | Isaiah 59:16 | Hebrews 9:15 |
| The Messiah has two missions | Isaiah 61:1-3 (first mission ends at “. . . year of the LORD’s favor”) | First mission: Luke 4:16-21; Second mission: to be fulfilled at the end of the world |
| The Messiah will come at a specific time | Daniel 9:25-26 | Galatians 4:4 and Ephesians 1:10 |
| The Messiah will be born in Bethlehem | Micah 5:2 | Matthew 2:1 and Luke 2:4-7 |
| The Messiah will enter Jerusalem riding a donkey | Zechariah 9:9 | Matthew 21:1-11 |
| The Messiah will be sold for 30 pieces of silver | Zechariah 11:12,13 | Matthew 26:15 with Matthew 27:3-10 |
| The Messiah will forsaken by His disciples | Zechariah 13:7 | Matthew 26:31,56 |
| The Messiah will enter the Temple with authority | Malachi 3:1 | Matthew 21:12 and Luke 19:45 |
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